Assessment

And if I didn’t avail myself

of all the gifts of the day —

if I saw the lifting light of afternoon

but didn’t venture out,

if I saw the pink of eastern clouds

hint of splendid setting in the west

but stayed inside

I still enjoyed the coziness,

the being warm and dry,

the light and heat

available at fingertips

I still enjoyed the prospect

of a peace so unassailable

that everyone, so gratefully

would sink, delighted, in,

cradled, welcomed, and redeemed,

and thus made new.

©Wendy Mulhern

March 7, 2019